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On a whim, for no other reason than I want to push myself to write about soccer on a regular basis again, Soccer Eagle is back on a Tuesday with a handful of observations from the opening weekend of Major League Soccer. I've been writing a lot about
media
Last week, after Matt Doyle's mlssoccer.com exit and the agonizing examination of the American soccer media scene that transpired for fans and journos alike, I half-joked that I should just turn Soccer Eagle into a soccer media newsletter[1]. I say "half-joked" because a) it
MLS
You might have heard by now that Matthew Doyle, aka The Armchair Analyst, is no longer employed by mlssoccer.com. Doyle announced that his 15-year run as the league roster maven and in-house tactics explainer ended abruptly last week thanks to a "re-targeting" of the league website'
MLS
I hear Vancouver is beautiful. I hear the food is amazing. I'd love to make the trip. It seems very possible that very soon I'll be robbed of obvious soccer reasons to finally do it.
MLS
These things happened last week: MLS trumpeted a bunch of numbers with some transparently self-serving framing.[1] Michael Wilbon said he wouldn't put Lionel Messi and the MLS Cup playoffs on any of this three TVs.[2] John Muller dropped a piece at The Guardian about Messi'
USMNT
This is one of those weird weeks when a bunch of stuff in the personal life and a bigger helping of work (that I myself created) conspired to make it nearly impossible to do a fully fleshed out newsletter. But f**k it, let's see if I can
culture
We're back and this time, I've got a friend. As a man once dubbed the "Soccer Eagle" who then turned that nickname into a running bit that I've now revived for this extremely serious weekly newsletter/brain dump on the sport of
USMNT
Hi! So I'm back. Apologies for the interruption in regular service here at Soccer Eagle—my trip and broadcast schedule in Albuquerque for last week's big Meow Wolf Night show for New Mexico United's annual collision of art and soccer prevented me from squeezing
morning kickaround
The newsletter takes on a slightly different look this week, thanks to a bit of a time crunch at the Soccer Eagle home office. Why is there a time crunch, you are surely asking? Because Morning Kickaround, the thrice-weekly webshow I'm doing on YouTube with Rob Kerr is
USMNT
USMNT roster time is a truly special time in the world of American soccer. Nothing brings out the angst and self-loathing quite like the naming of fewer than two dozen players to represent our aspiring soccer nation, regardless of the stakes. It's probably more indicative of our psychosis
USMNT
Paxten Aaronson, a 21-year-old Philadelphia Union academy product who left the Union to join Eintracht Frankfurt after making just over 40 total appearances for the club, is coming back to MLS. Aaronson is joining the Colorado Rapids as a DP, leaving behind (for the moment) the dream of making it
MLS
I'm pulling out a sack of various American soccer topics for this week's newsletter, something I'm thinking I might do more of in the future. Before I jam my arm into the sack and pull out the first item, could you do me a